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- adjective
comparative form oftense : moretense
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Examples
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(From BarnesandNoble. com) Being a kid with wings – constantly on the run – has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR MARCH 7TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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It wasn't until college that I realized the way I hold a pen is different from 99% of people, and that I have a much tenser grip because of it.
Loosen Up Your Writing Grip To Banish Pain | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Things were tenser with the proper, highly wrought Isabel.
Filial Piety Made New Helen Carr 2011
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(From BarnesandNoble. com) Being a kid with wings – constantly on the run – has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR MARCH 14TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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(From BarnesandNoble. com) Being a kid with wings – constantly on the run – has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR MARCH 7TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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I've had tenser times watching my kid play a video game.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Ironclad Marshall Fine 2011
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The parents try to be polite, but as they dance around awkward differences in sensibility and parenting, the afternoon becomes tenser and tenser until tensions explode.
Michael Giltz: New York Film Festival Embraces "Carnage" Michael Giltz 2011
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Over 90 tense minutes of regular time and 30 tenser minutes of extra time it went.
A Year's Worth of Nerves in a Day Jason Gay 2011
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Instead of making me feel better, though, the walking makes me even tenser and more worried than when I was just pacing inside the apartment.
Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011
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(From BarnesandNoble. com) Being a kid with wings – constantly on the run – has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR MARCH 14TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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